Henry "Hank" Skinner was granted an eleventh hour appeal... Less than an hour before his execution.
Skinner, who was scheduled to be put to death on March 24th for the 1993 killings of his girlfriend and her two sons, has contended repeatedly that he is innocent because he was unconscious during the murder rampage after taking alcohol and drugs.
The execution would have taken place at 7pm last night (Washington time), had the Supreme Court not intervened and blocked his execution to allow crucial DNA tests to take place which could prove his innocence.
For over ten years, prosecutors and state courts have refused time and time again to allow blood, fingernail scraping, and hair found at the crime scene to be tested.
One can always hope that these tests will prove Skinner's innocence after all, saving an innocent man's life and once again proving the human error which can lead to an innocent man coming within an hour of the needle. If the tests come back and prove his guilt... Well, at least we'll be sure. The fact of the matter is, Texas very nearly executed a man before all the evidence against him was even TESTED. Talk about justice, huh?
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